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Earthflown by Frances WrenLife As We Knew It by Susan Beth PfefferHydrosphere Rising by Philip J. RutherfordArtificial Wisdom by Thomas R. WeaverThe Hurricane Code by James Aura
Climate dystopias
106 books — 178 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerProject Hail Mary by Andy WeirFlight Behaviour by Barbara KingsolverWild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
52 Book Club 2025: #14 - Climate Fiction
213 books — 173 voters

The Beast of Cretacea by Todd StrasserThe Road by Cormac McCarthyOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodMaya of the In-between by Sita BennettThe Last Oracle by Christopher Hepworth
Cli-Fi: Books About Climate & the Near Future
132 books — 166 voters
Technological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiWilding by Isabella TreeFeral by George Monbiot
Rewilding
81 books — 54 voters

The Martian by Andy WeirThe Lost City of Z by David GrannThe Invention of Nature by Andrea WulfThe Gene by Siddhartha MukherjeeOn the Move by Oliver Sacks
Science Friday Radio Show/Podcast
106 books — 44 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Four Winds by Kristin HannahThe Dry by Jane HarperDry by Neal ShustermanDune by Frank Herbert
Drought in Fiction
200 books — 37 voters

Cyborg Contact by Terry BirdgenawThe Rise and Fall of Antocracy by Terry BirdgenawOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodMigrations by Charlotte McConaghyParable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
The Best Climate Change Fiction
48 books — 35 voters
The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinThe Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-WellsOn Fire by Naomi KleinDoughnut Economics by Kate Raworth
Best Popular Climate Books on Goodreads
182 books — 33 voters

Bad Company by K.A. MitchellClear Water by Amy LaneThe Happy Onion by Ally BlueBear, Otter, and the Kid by T.J. KluneWe Are But A Moment by Ulrich Baer
Eco-friendly gay fiction
24 books — 18 voters
The Rise and Fall of Antocracy by Terry BirdgenawCyborg Contact by Terry BirdgenawThe Feather Wars by James H. McCommonsThe Aggravation of Elmer by Robert Andrew ArthurOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Climate Change And Environmental Books
38 books — 17 voters

Cyborg Contact by Terry BirdgenawThe Rise and Fall of Antocracy by Terry BirdgenawWeather and Beasts and Growing Things by Charlotte SutteeThe Sheep Look Up by John BrunnerThis Changes Everything by Naomi Klein
Environment And Climate Related Books
38 books — 16 voters
Owl Moon by Jane YolenThe Ice-Cream Cone Coot and Other Rare Birds by Arnold LobelBear Has a Story to Tell by Philip C. SteadThe Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma LagerlöfKnowing the Name of a Bird by Jane Yolen
Young Ornithologists: Bird Watching, Falconry, etc. (Juvenile)
359 books — 16 voters

Cyborg Contact by Terry BirdgenawThe Rise and Fall of Antocracy by Terry BirdgenawAdrift by Lisa BrideauArising by Lisa Perskie RodriguezThe Hurricane Code by James Aura
Futuristic Climate Fiction based on Facts
11 books — 14 voters
The Winter King by C.L. WilsonAir and Ash by Alex LidellWind of Choice by Marty C. LeeA Kiss of Fate by Mary Jo PutneyThe Blood of Black by Abby McCormick
Braving the Elements
9 books — 7 voters

The Reasons for Seasons by Gail GibbonsSeasons by Hannah PangFour Seasons of the Flower Fairies by Cicely Mary BarkerA Year Around the Great Oak by Gerda MullerThe Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
Children's: All Four Seasons in the same book
105 books — 7 voters
Drawdown by Paul HawkenThe Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-WellsThere Is No Planet B by Mike Berners-LeeBreaking Boundaries by Johan Rockström
Understanding Climate Crisis
74 books — 6 voters

Missing Mike by Shari GreenSmokebirds by Daniel BreyerA Fire So Wild by Sarah Ruiz GrossmanWildfire by Carrie MacNothing Left to Burn by Heather Ezell
Wildfire Fiction
61 books — 5 voters
Dark Emu by Bruce PascoeThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinBorder Walls Gone Green by John HultgrenThe Price of Thirst by Karen PiperMy Whirlwind Lives by Dee Knight
Radical reads to understand capitalism's ecological disaster
48 books — 4 voters

Zoo by James PattersonHollow Kingdom by Kira Jane BuxtonThe Council of Animals by Nick McDonellMort(e) by Robert RepinoAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Fictional Apocalypses: The World's End From Nature
100 books — 4 voters
Consumption and Its Consequences by Daniel MillerThe Promise of World Peace by Universal House of JusticeMilo and the Magical Stones by Marcus PfisterUno's Garden by Graeme Bae
Global Goals Reading List
4 books — 3 voters

Fire Weather by John VaillantRain by Cynthia BarnettThe Earth Transformed by Peter FrankopanSoil by Matthew EvansFirmament by Simon Clark
Earth, Wind, Fire, and Rain – the Four Classical Elements – in life sciences, chemistry & geology
100 books — 3 voters
The Purple Shell by Maritza Martinez MejiaMermaids on a Mission to Save the Oceans by Janet BallettaMeet the Mermaids by Lois PetrenKikiwi y los desperdicios en el fondo del mar by Tere Rodriguez-Nora
Environmental Children's Stories
4 books — 3 voters

ReCOgnition by Mark DowsonThe End is Now by John Joseph AdamsThe Man Who Watched the World End by Chris DietzelOn the Beach by Nevil ShuteThe Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Radio Free Megiddo: Broadcasting Live From the Apocalypse
40 books — 3 voters
Altered States by Paddy ChayefskyThe Witch of Agnesi by Robert SpillerMaze Master by Kathleen O'Neal GearThe Probability of Murder by Ada MadisonThe Atlantis Gene by A.G. Riddle
Favorite STEM Thriller
12 books — 2 voters

The Ecology of Wisdom by Arne NæssLook at It This Way by Norm LeoHow to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill GatesCollapse by Jared DiamondUtopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman
Contemporary understanding
27 books — 2 voters
Mission Economy by Mariana MazzucatoEverything You Ever Wanted by Luiza SaumaThe Sense of Style by Steven PinkerDrawdown by Paul HawkenRegeneration by Paul Hawken
Books To Read When Hunkering Down For 2 Years At The End Of The World
7 books — 2 voters

Accelerating Decarbonization of the U.S. Energy System by National Academies of Scien...Look at It This Way by Norm LeoClimate Optimism by Zahra BiabaniClimate Uncertainty and Risk by Judith CurryDecisions for Sustainability by Thomas Dietz
Climate and Energy Policy
23 books — 2 voters
Factfulness by Hans RoslingThe Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley RobinsonHow Bad Are Bananas? by Mike Berners-LeeThe Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-WellsThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
Terra.do Book Reccomendations
20 books — 1 voter

A. v. Humboldt's Fragmente einer Geologie und Klimatologie As... by Alexander von Humboldt
Peter und der Wald - Lesung historische Literatur: Was Förster schon vor 200 Jahren wussten
1 book — 1 voter
The History of Bees by Maja LundeThe Book of Dave by Will SelfWild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghyThe Last Children of Tokyo by Yōko TawadaDown in the Sea of Angels by Khan Wong
Fictional Apocalypses: The World's End From Nature Part II
18 books — 1 voter

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